A State of Martial Law: America Is a Military Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy

 The Rutherford Institute:John & Nisha Whitehead 

“What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?”—Thomas Jefferson

"The government is goosestepping all over our freedoms. Case in point: America’s founders did not want a military government ruled by force. Rather, they opted for a republic bound by the rule of law: the U.S. Constitution.

"Yet sometime over the course of the past 240-plus years that constitutional republic has been transformed into a military dictatorship disguised as a democracy.

"Most Americans seem relatively untroubled by this state of martial law.

"Incredibly, when President Biden bragged about how the average citizen doesn’t stand a chance against the government’s massive arsenal of militarized firepower, it barely caused a ripple.

"As Biden remarked at a fundraising event in California, “I love these guys who say the Second Amendment is—you know, the tree of liberty is water with the blood of patriots. Well, if [you] want to do that, you want to work against the government, you need an F-16.  You need something else than just an AR-15.”

"The message being sent to the citizenry is clear: there is no place in our nation today for the kind of revolution our forefathers mounted against a tyrannical government.

"For that matter, the government has declared an all-out war on any resistance whatsoever by the citizenry to its mandates, power grabs and abuses.

"By this standard, had the Declaration of Independence been written today, it would have rendered its signers extremists or terrorists, resulting in them being placed on a government watch list, targeted for surveillance of their activities and correspondence, and potentially arrested, held indefinitely, stripped of their rights and labeled enemy combatants.

"This is no longer the stuff of speculation and warning." . . .

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Missing the point on the Axios 'Old Yeller' article

The lesson we should glean from this Axios propaganda piece is that they are selling Joe as a capable leader who is at the top of his game.

  Jonathan Schlackman- American Thinker   "On July 10th, Axios published an article titled ”Old Yeller: Biden's Private Fury”, where they talk about how Biden is quite the old curmudgeon behind the scenes at the Oval Office. Dutifully like clockwork, all the conservative sites pounced (the Left love that word) on the juicy details of an old man who, while whispering in public, lets his true personality out in his private surroundings. And of course, the conservative comments section was on fire with people relishing what a nasty character this befuddled old man really was behind the scenes, and how the Left is getting suckered into thinking otherwise. Conservatives interpreted the article as a takedown of the president. But I believe something else was afoot here, an entirely different agenda in writing this article then most conservatives think.

"Between all the pronouncements in the piece, like “Biden has such a quick-trigger temper that some aides try to avoid meeting alone with him. Some take a colleague, almost as a shield against a solo blast,” what Axios was really trying to impart to their readers was that Biden is a man in control; a man who knows bs when he hears it and has no patience for it. That if you are unlucky enough to have a one-on-one with this oh-so-capable man, you better have the answers he’s looking for, or watch out!

"In essence, this was a flattering propaganda piece designed to make Joe look like he’s the bossman, the mover and shaker of the White House, and just forget what your lying eyes tell you. He’s not, in truth, the doddering, old demented ice cream eater-in-chief you see on TV or social media. He’s Dark Brandon!" . . .

Dunk THIS Fauci!

 

Dunk this!

America has forgotten how to act with Royalty.

 'We Are a Laughing Stock': Embarrassment on Global Stage as President Biden Is Confused, Led by King Charles During U.K. Visit (msn.com)  "Another day, another viral moment from President Joe Biden.

"While the president, 80, was visiting King Charles in the U.K. this week, people couldn't help but mock him for looking confused, leading the royal, 74, to make sure he got to the right place.

"After the leaders greeted one another, they took part in the Inspection of the Guard outside Windsor Castle. At the end of the line, Biden spoke to a guard, but King Charles could be seen holding onto the leader of the United States. After appearing disoriented, he then followed Charles away from the soldiers." . . .

Video: King Charles Leads Confused Biden Away at Castle Reception (breitbart.com)  . . ."After a moment’s gesticulation and spoken remarks, the King appeared able to get the President moving in the right direction once again. In a break of protocol, after being shepherded away, President Biden threw his arm around King Charles’ back."

King Charles loses his patience during Joe Biden meeting | Daily Mail Online

How typical of Obama to make his gift to the Queen all about him:  Barack Obama's unfortunate gift to Queen: 'What on earth am I going to do with it?' | Royal News | Express.co.uk  . . .It was during their first visit, though, that according to a newly-resurfaced report, Mr Obama gifted Her Majesty a very unusual present, which left many wondering if it made the cut.

"The former US President chose an iPod filled with photos from his inauguration and clips of his speeches.

"The bestowing of the gift brought a cringe from one top etiquette expert, who said it confirmed that Mr Obama had not figured out presidential gift-giving.

"Anna Post of the Emily Post Institute said in 2009: “For me, the iPod only works if he has some catchy reason why he gave it as a gift.

" 'Otherwise it feels like somebody at the White House pulled the lever and an iPod is what popped up." . . .

The war with the left for the minds and bodies of our children

@ringspan2731:  Jim Caviezel was one of Hollywood's biggest stars at one time, but they blackballed him for being too real. It was the best thing that ever happened to him. He's a godsend as are everyone associated with stopping the horrors of child sex trafficking. Anyone opposed to him or the film's message are part of the problem and should be exposed as the trash they are. As a film buff, it makes me so happy to see movies with a message like this taking center stage!

Sound of Freedom | Theatrical Trailer for July 4
 

 "Sound Of Freedom" Ignites Left - Granite Grok

"These topics will come back and bite Biden or whoever the Democrat candidate is. They will regret they abandoned the Border and infected America with illegals, drugs, lost children, and terrorists.". . .

"Sound of Freedom, based on the sad and discouraging topic of child trafficking, is packing theaters like few movies today can. It is attracting folks on the Right who are concerned with Children and Children’s Rights and Welfare and angering the Left who call the concern over child trafficking a right-wing conspiracy theory.

"How can there be any hope for this country when we are so divided on every topic, including children? Nearly every media outlet and liberal newspaper trashed the movie and its supporters. Some of the more bizarre headlines were:

Rolling Stone: Sound of Freedom is a superhero movie for dads with brain worms.

Jezebel: Sound of Freedom is an anti-child trafficking fantasy fit for Qanon

The Guardian: Sound of Freedom, the Qanon adjacent thriller seducing America

"The synopsis of the movie: After rescuing a boy from ruthless child traffickers, a federal agent learns the boy’s sister is still captive and decides to embark on a dangerous mission to save her. With time running out, he quits his job and journeys deep into the Colombian jungle, putting his life on the line to free her from a fate worse than death." . . .

"How can the Left possibly refute the concept of Child Trafficking when we know the Biden Administration has lost contact with 85,000 underage illegal immigrants? These children were unaccompanied as they crossed the Border, were allowed to enter the country, and are now lost in the system. Besides being under the Cartels’ control, how does the Left explain this loss of human life? They cannot, but they will point to the Right and cry conspiracy theory. The media supports their claim, which is what the Left is fed. They gobble it down and never seek the truth." . . .

Are theatres turning off air-conditioning to suppress the box office for Sound of Freedom? - American Thinker  . . .But reports continue to proliferate of mysterious outages of air-conditioning in just one screen at multiplexes.  The video purports to compile stories of this happening all across the country: Video

In this same vein: Sexually Explicit Book 'Gender Queer' Added To Nation's Largest Teachers' Union Summer Reading List - Big League Politics   "From The New York Post:   The book was featured in the NEA’s “Great Summer Reads for Educators!” list that showcased 11 books.

"Among those books are “White Fragility,” a book that insists that White Americans use anger, shame and guilt to avoid taking responsibility for racial inequality.

“Gender Queer,” a memoir written by a LGBT author, has been at the forefront of the banned books controversy. Mainly due to its extremely sexually explicit illustrations and promotion of LGBT values. 

"For example, it depicts minors performing oral sex on one another." . . .

Riley Gaines Challenges Megan Rapinoe To Debate Biological Men Competing In Women's Sports

“Because a man could easily take her place. Easily.” Riley Gaines

Rapinoe is quite at home as the center of attention

 Outkick  "The newest member of the OutKick team, Riley Gaines, is already making plans for great content. She appeared on The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show and challenged US Women’s soccer player Megan Rapinoe to a debate over biological men competing in women’s sports.

"Why?

"Because Rapinoe — who no longer needs to compete against anyone thanks to her retirement — wants the US Women’s National Team to allow biological men to play on the team.

"Gaines competed against biological male Lia Thomas when the two were swimming in the NCAA. She knows firsthand the dangers of allowing men to invade women’s sports."

Gaines doesn’t think biological men belong in women’s sports. Radical position, huh? And because she has facts and science on her side, she’s not afraid of an open debate against Rapinoe.

“Had Megan Rapinoe been asked [about biological men playing on the USWNT] … while trying to advance to the height of her career, she would not have the same opinions,” Gaines said." . . .

Can you all see me?

Fox News may face lawsuit over Tucker Carlson’s January 6 conspiracy theory

Another authoritative article beginning with "experts say".

Fox News | The Guardian  "Network could see ‘fairly strong’ suit from Ray Epps, who Carlson alleged was a secret government agent behind the attack"

"Experts say conservative network Fox News could face a “a fairly strong” lawsuit from a man who Tucker Carlson repeatedly accused of working as a government agent and carrying out the January 6 insurrection.

"Carlson, who was fired from the network in April, repeatedly alleged that Ray Epps was a secret government agent who coordinated the January 6 riots, the New York Times reported.

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"Epps, a Trump supporter and former marine, has been at the center of a far-right conspiracy theory after an article by a rightwing website argued that he was spared from criminal charges because of his covert role.

"Carlson and other rightwing figures, including members of Congress, have latched onto the false theory that Epps was a government agent involved in whipping up the January 6 attack.

"In almost 20 episodes of his talkshow, Carlson reiterated the conspiracy theory that Epps was an undercover operative who “helped stage-manage the insurrection”.

"Carlson repeatedly argued that Epps was recorded on camera urging others to enter the Capitol, but never entered the building himself.

"In one 10-minute video posted to YouTube, Carlson claimed that it was “highly strange” that Epps hadn’t been arrested and alluded that the Times’ coverage on Epps was attempting to “cover something up”.

"Epps has been questioned by the January 6 committee, and could still face charges as the investigation continues, the Times reported. He and his wife have received death threats and fled from their home in Arizona, fearing for their safety, according to the Associated Press".

Newly Released Documents Show Members of the Obama Biden Team Sought to Sabotage the Incoming Trump Administration

  The Gateway Pundit | by Mike LaChance

"Newly released documents confirm what millions of Americans have believed for years now. That members of the Obama administration actively did what they could to sabotage the incoming Trump administration in 2016.

"People like General Flynn were targeted through the process of unmasking and more.

"The heavily redacted documents were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

"Heavily redacted documents from the National Security Agency tell at least part of the story of a final-month rush by the outgoing Obama administration to torpedo the incoming presidency of Donald Trump.

"The Daily Signal obtained 217 pages of documents from the NSA through a Freedom of Information Act request. The documents reveal that Obama administration officials, from Vice President Joe Biden down to several ambassadors and many officials in the Treasury and Energy departments, gained access to secret information about Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, President-elect Trump’s choice for national security adviser…

"Three top Obama administration officials who gained access to the Flynn information are now high-ranking officials in the Biden administration." . . .

Biden, Obama Treasury and Energy Officials Dug Up Michael Flynn Info (dailysignal.com)

UPDATE: Our Alleged President is a Corrupt Scumbag - and the Ruling Class is OK With That | Frontpage Mag  . . ."Are we going to re-embrace the Constitution? Are we looking at an American Caesar or an American Franco? These are questions that our ruling class will never ask because they are uninformed of history and uninterested in it. But they’re going to get interested, very interested, in history because history is very interested in them."

One is forced to ask, are there any decent, honorable Democrats?

Axios Tries to Water Down Biden’s Explosive Temper Towards Aides and Staff

  Legal Insurrection

Is this an attempt by Axios to make Biden appear mentally sharp?

"Alex Thompson at Axios published one of the most lenient and sympathetic pieces to explain that President Joe Biden’s harsh temper behind closed doors is not a big deal.

"He is known to lash out at aides and staff:

In public, President Biden likes to whisper to make a point. In private, he’s prone to yelling.

• Behind closed doors, Biden has such a quick-trigger temper that some aides try to avoid meeting alone with him. Some take a colleague, almost as a shield against a solo blast.
• The president’s admonitions include: “God dammit, how the f**k don’t you know this?!,” “Don’t f**king bullsh*t me!” and “Get the f**k out of here!” — according to current and former Biden aides who have witnessed and been on the receiving end of such outbursts.

"One official said, “No one is safe.”

Biden supposedly went off on then-COVID Czar Jeff Zients when the country didn’t have enough tests when the Omicron variant started to spread.

"But Zients is now Biden’s chief of staff.

"I guess getting yelled at by the president is “an internal initiation ceremony,” meaning “if Biden doesn’t yell at you, it could be a sign he doesn’t respect you.”

"Chris Whipple notes in his book The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden’s White House that former press secretary Jen Psaki once said, “I said to [Biden] multiple times, ‘I’ll know we have a really good, trusting relationship when you yell at me the first time.'”

"But the anger is expressed in interrogations and not tantrums: “He’ll grill aides on topics until it’s clear they don’t know the answer to a question — a routine that some see as meticulous and others call ‘stump the chump’ or ‘stump the dummy.'” . . .

The Media Learn Nothing From Being Wrong

 Derek Hunter

Then again, if they were capable of learning something like that they likely wouldn’t make the mistake in the first place.

"There are few industries where being completely wrong in every aspect of your profession holds no consequences whatsoever. Political punditry tops whatever else is on that list. Just look at Dick Morris or everyone on cable television who said the words “red wave” last year.

"The public has the attention span of a gnat, or they simply don’t mind being lied to. I’m not sure which it is, but neither is a good characteristic for a society hoping to improve itself in any way.

"Still, these soothsayers with a history of being wrong about the future never stop." . . .

. . ."That opens up a lot of space for people to simply make things up. Why not, really? When there are no consequences for being wrong, why not go crazy and declare things simply to be? After a day or two of “Wow, we don’t know why that ‘red wave’ didn’t happen” coverage on cable news, the entire concept and any mention of the predictions disappeared. Occasionally you’ll see one of the losing candidates on TV talking about some podcast they’re hosting or offering up more predictions about events they’re completely disconnected from, but they’re rarely referred to as having anything to do with the entire reason the audience has any idea who they are. Most just disappear. What happened to Hershel Walker or Dr. Oz?" . . .

 

Biden Admin Indicts Witness Planning to Testify Against Biden Family

  PJ Media

"According to an indictment in Manhattan that was unsealed on Monday, Dr. Gal Luft, a key witness in the House Republicans’ investigation into the Biden Crime Family, is now facing federal charges. The charges include arms trafficking, operating as an unregistered lobbyist for China, and conspiring to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran.

“Prosecutors in the Southern District of New York say Luft, 57, a dual US-Israeli citizen who was arrested in Cyprus this past February and went on the run after being released on bail prior to his extradition, agreed in 2015 to let former Hong Kong official Patrick Ho send $350,000 each year to Luft’s think tank, the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security,” reports the New York Post. “In return, the indictment said, Luft agreed to “recruit and ‘educate’ a former high-ranking US official to ‘make public statements … which were in the interest of China.'”

"Luft says the case against him is a political hit job designed to stop him from testifying before the House Oversight Committee over the payments made to the Biden family from people connected to Chinese military intelligence. Luft also says that the Bidens had a mole in the FBI who shared classified information with those Chinese nationals in the CCP-controlled energy company China Energy Fund Committee (CEFC).

“ 'I, who volunteered to inform the US government about a potential security breach and about compromising information about a man vying to be the next president, am now being hunted by the very same people who I informed — and may have to live on the run for the rest of my life,” Luft told the Post last week." . . .

Speaking of America being a laughingstock: China readying for total war, America laser-focused on pronouns and wood-fired pizza ovens -

 Eric Utter; American Thinker

. . ."This can’t end well for us.

"The COVID-19 virus wreaked havoc on us physically. Broke society in some respects. The subsequent pandemic, though not officially recognized as one, is characterized by mass ignorance, naiveté, hypocrisy, and delusion. Social distancing won’t help. Mask and vaccine mandates won’t work. In fact, these would be today, as they were then, the exact opposite of the right things to do.

"If the West is to long survive, it must return to its founding principles. This is why “progressives” incessantly denigrate them.

"Americans, in particular, must reacquaint themselves with the idea of limited government of, by, and for the people, equal treatment under the law…and especially the reality/primacy of natural rights. Read the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights.

"We don’t need to militarize our young children. But we don’t need to sexualize them or lop off their body parts, either.

"Tyranny, whether at the hands of the CCP-- or the Democrat party in America—must always be defeated."

What Was Janet Yellen Doing Bowing in China? (townhall.com)

WATCH: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen — in an embarrassing “diplomatic faux pas” — repeatedly bows to Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Beijing pic.twitter.com/iYcA7Jmuz6

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 9, 2023

. . ." The move wasn't just embarrassing because He didn't reciprocate. The New York Post included in their coverage comments from experts who know better.

" 'Never, ever, ever," Bradley Blakeman, a senior staffer in George W. Bush’s White House, told the outlet. "An American official does not bow. It looks like she’s been summoned to the principal’s office, and that’s exactly the optics the Chinese love," he added.

" 'The way to treat an adversary is, you don’t go hat in hand," Blakeman is later quoted as saying. "But with this administration, time and time again, we embarrass ourselves and show weakness. And it just shows the lack of effective leverage we have."

"Bowing is not part of the accepted protocol," Jerome A. Cohen, an emeritus professor at NYU and expert in Chinese law and government, also shared." . . .

She learned American shame from the very best: